Open Books search
Changes the Books app view to Search, showing Recently Viewed, trending genres for you, a section to Discover books, and Trending searches.
Open Books library
Changes the Books app view to the Library tab to show all your Books, PDFs, Samples, and more.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Books%20library
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Books%20library
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Books library”
end tell
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Opens the Books tab of the Books app so you can see all your non-PDF items only.
Open current book
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Open a book from my library
Opens a specific book from your library, prompting you to pick which book.
Show books I want to read
Opens the Books app to the “Want to Read” section that’s built up when you mark books as such.
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